Necklace



Mgrh 30 1926.

H. MORRIS NECKLACE Filed August 2, 1924 7 HARRYLMORRIS,

Patented Mar. 30, 1926.

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l l NECKLACE."

Application med' August 2;{1924-seria1 Naveen-13.1;

`T anatomiamag/@mama Be it yknown thatv I, I-IARRY Monmala citizen ofthe United States, residing vat This Vinvention relates to improvementsin necklaces, and more especially to a complete necklace having a mayorflexible portion consisting of a' string of pearls, beads,

or the like, the ends of said string being fastened together by anornamental part or parts, as will vbe described more in detailhereinafter. -There also may be provided y a clasp by which the necklacemay be opened.

My improved necklace is vso designed that Y it is attractive andornamental in appearance Vand will alsoretain a desired position aroundthe neck of the wearer. Inv neck'-l laces, the pearls are frequentlygraded in size, so that itis desirable to keep the largest pearl thereonin the center at the Vfro-nt of the wearer. It is also often desirableto keep the clasp of the necklace at the back. Necklaces are also oftenprovided with ornamental members adjacent the clasp which yare intendedto remain .in theV center at the back of the wearer. It will be seenthat in all of such types of necklaces, itis desirable to prevent thenecklace from shifting about on the neck of the wearer. InA

my improved necklace this shifting of position of the necklace is`prevented.

Other features and advantages of my invention will appear more fully asI proceed with my specification.

In that formvof deviceembodyingthe features of my invention shown in theaccompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a viewy of the complete necklace,Fig. 2 is a view on an enlarged scale of a'portion of the necklace to bedescribed more in detail hereinafter, and Fig. 3 is a view taken asindicated by the line 3, 3 of Fig. 1.

As shown in the drawings. the major 'length or portion of the completenecklace comprises a flexible string of pearls, beads,

A' or the like, as indicated by'lO, l0. 11 is a conventional indicationof a clasp at one end of the stringv passingthrough the eye 12. Theclasp 11 may be of any desired form sothat the same may be engagedthrougli r the eye 12 or released therefrom, in order to open thenecklace at this point.1 Between as indicatedl 10a, therearel'provided'three -stiff links," thecenter linklbeingindi'ca'ted by13, and the' end links 'by v14, 14. -Each of the links ,14 is hingedtothe link 13.at

14'?. "Each ylink i's'alsocurved *to conform y to thecurvature oftheneck ofthe wearer. Y The outer faces of the three links 13,"and *'14,14, may be ornamented in. any desired manner. These three links, forexample, may be ornamented or designed 1n order to resemble a bar pin.Such representatlons of bar pins have been very much in vogue.4

in necklaces of this kind.v The ordinary representation Vof a bar pin,however, is objectionable owingto its length and rigidity. Thisobjection, in the present invention,

however, is overcome by the hinges 1421492 These hingesl aid also inpermitting the links 13A and 14, 14,v vto conform to the ycurvature ofthe neck of the wearer. I'

Theinner surfaces of the links'13 and 14, 14 are concaved' as indicatedby15.- (see Fig. 3). Such concavity in the inner'sur`r face of the linksassists in lretaining 'the' or cHIcAGo,' 1LLInoIs, Assis-Non Toincanta-MANN dREILLY, or z.

'the Clasp 11am al" yother macetas-String necklace inthe Yproperposition on the wearer; The flesh of the wearer vprojectsl into suchcavities thus preventing the slipping of the links. If the .links aremade flat, they will not pressinto. the flesh of quently` lslip varoundmore easily.'

The Vthree links 13 and 14, with the clasp member l11 .virtually formVthe entire fclasp. Thatv is, the threehinged links areto be consideredas apart of the the three links 13, 14v and 14 which make vthe claspornamental. For example, as has been stated before, the clasp mayresemble ya' bar pin. It is to be noted that lthe three links 13, V14and 14 arev fashioned so that ses f the wearer to such an extent'y andwill conse- 14 together clasp, as this word is used in its general theyform a unitary structure, such unitary structure here'resembling a barpin forming a part of the entire clasp. I-Ieretofore when claspshaverthus been` made' in they form of` a bar pin, or any resemblance tothe bar pin Ait'has been found that the part of thejclasp resembling thebar pin, because of its length, would not easily and naturally conform"to necks of different curvature.l VThis objection` has 'been overcomeinthe ,Q A Y Y l 1,578,461

present device by making thellong member of the clasp which hereresembles 1a barf-pin of three sections hinged together.

While I have shown and described certain' embodiments.' of myinvention,it iis Vto "bevv understood that i'tflis /ca'pable'fofinanyfmod-ications.

struction and arrangement may be made Without departing from .the spirit`and scope; l0f the nventionas disclosed in theappended ..claims, inf`which it is .my intent-iony to' cla-im fall' novelty inherentV in anyinvention vas v@broadly asvpossi-bleiinview olthe' pri-orart.

Changes,v therefore, 'in the .con-

f i ,What I claim as new, .andfdesire -to sec-nre byLetersYPat/entyis.:f l

A. necklaceY -olaspconsisting .of a piluralty, of elongated y linkshinged together. a Y 2. A `necklacefzclasp- `consi'stingf of @af'plurality of elongated cluyedlinkshinged together. p y

3. A necklace clasp consisting of a plu- 4. A-ineel'l-aceIclasp"consisting of a .phi-v rality of elongated curved links hingedtofgether the inner surfaces of said links` being conceived..

.mi-nor curved still clasp;v portion; having its jnner side -concavgedgand' means for ,detach-V ...abilgy .secur-iirgaone end of ltheflexibleportion YA111924. o o HARRY-...Morals rality oflelongated linkshinged together theV inner surfaces' f-otsa'idlinlrs being Vlconcaved.

5. A necklacegcoinprising'a 'major flexiblev portion consisting ,of a..stringyofbeadsg a Y

